Fianna Fáil gathering in Co Tippearay overshadowed by demonstrations over farm payments and nitrates directive
Scores of farmers arrived at the venue to protest against a reduction to the maximum amount of nitrogen fertiliser allowed per hectare under the EU’s Nitrates Directive, which is falling from 250kg to 220kg per hectare from next year. They are also protesting at delays to payments under the Common Agricultural Policy , including payments to sheep farmers.
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue outside the Horse and Jockey Hotel in Co Tipperary where farmers are protesting during a Fianna Fáil event. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire“Remember where you are this morning,” he told the Minister. “You are in the Golden Vale, at the heart of farming in Ireland. This is the heartbeat of rural Ireland down here in Tipperary. Years ago we lost the beet industry down there.
Mr McConalogue said he was happy to meet the IFA during the course of the Fianna Fáil gathering on Monday, as was the Tánaiste.
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